Use adversity to become stronger than ever before.
Change, uncertainty and adversity are relentless, and most leaders and teams are built to survive them, not to grow from them.
Under sustained pressure the fragile break, and even the resilient only manage to hold their ground and wait for things to settle. In a world that keeps throwing punches, holding on is not enough.
The best leaders do more than withstand pressure, they get better because of it. They lean into challenge when others resist or avoid it, and they create a climate where their people are at their best when times are toughest, turning adversity into fuel. We call this the Antifragility Advantage.
In this program leaders unlock greater self awareness of their current level of antifragility, plus practical tools they can use immediately to strengthen their own antifragility and to build it across the teams they lead, at work and beyond. Michelle Rushton and Shaun Kenny, founders of People of Influence, have helped thousands of leaders with this program.
Fragile things break under stress. Resilient things resist it and return to where they were. But some people and some systems do something remarkable: under pressure, they grow stronger. That is antifragility.
It comes down to two capacities working together. Resilience, the ability to bounce back from adversity as quickly as possible. And Grit, the ability to keep moving forward towards long-term goals regardless of adversity.
Resilience and Grit each matter, but on their own neither is enough. Resilience without Grit bounces back quickly but drifts off the long-term goal. Grit without Resilience pushes hard but struggles to recover from setbacks.
Only when a leader has both do they become antifragile, growing stronger through the very pressure that overwhelms others, and creating the conditions for their team to do the same.
Pair the program with our validated diagnostic so each leader sees their current levels of Resilience and Grit, and exactly where they sit on the antifragility matrix.
Timings and emphasis are tailored to your group and the time available.
People of Influence is the consultancy through which Michelle Rushton and Shaun Kenny deliver leadership programs, team offsites and impactful conferences.
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